economies have recently been showing signs of growth. now people are anxiously waiting for a turn around in europe to help lift the global economy. ron madison is here with more on the situation in the eurozone. ron? >> they may have to wait a bit at least in the near term. longer term some are looking saying there may be a bit of a bottoming out. for now the european commission says the eurozone economy will continue track for the second straight year in 2013. the commission says it expects gross domestic product to shrink 0.3% from last we're. it does compare with the previous forecast of 0.1% growth. the commission said tight lending conditions, job cuts, sluggish investments are all dragging the recovery. it's projecting 1.4% growth in 2014. the commission says leading indicators suggest the region's economy is starting to bottom out and economic activity is expected to gradually pick up. >>> let's get a check of the market now. first what's going on with currencies today. the euro has lost a bit of ground against the yen on the euro